In a special called Grayson County Fiscal Court meeting on Monday night, a series of cost-saving moves by Judge-Executive Kevin Henderson resulted in the county saving tens-of-thousands of dollars.
In a housecleaning move, all of the office staff was retained with the exception of secretary/office manager Chandra Glenn.
“We streamlined the office staff and way things are handled and operated,” Henderson said about the move to not retain Glenn.
Henderson and Magistrates also implemented the following changes in how county government operates:
- Instituted the use of time cards that county employees must use to clock in and out
- Instituted the use of direct deposit by which to issue paychecks to county employees (that move along saved the county $500 per year)
- Changed the time and day of the month that regular Fiscal Court meetings are held; going forward regularly scheduled Fiscal Court meetings will be held on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 4:00 on the third floor of the old judicial building. Fiscal Court meetings were held at this location prior to the meeting room being gutted in anticipation of the County Clerk’s Office moving in, a move that did not happen.
In addition to eliminating the secretary/office manager position, Henderson also eliminated three other positions, plus the Deputy Judge-Executive position, within county government:
- Solid Waste Enforcement, which employed two people, and County Flood Plain/Building Inspector spot, which employed one person.
- The Deputy Judge-Executive position was instituted about two years ago when former Judge-Executive Gary Logsdon was ill and unable to perform his duties because of major surgery.
In another major cost-cutting move, Henderson parked all county-owned take-home vehicles with the exceptions of Disaster and Emergency Services (aka Emergency Management Director) and the vehicle utilized by the Grayson County Animal Control Officer.
In total, the moves implemented by Henderson will save Grayson County taxpayers approximately $190,000.
